Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Stephen Mumford, Nicholas Bourbaki and Jerry A. Fodor
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties
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Dispositions and categorical properties are two modes of presentation of the same thing [Mumford]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties
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Categorical predicates are those unconnected to functions [Mumford]
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Categorical properties and dispositions appear to explain one another [Mumford]
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There are four reasons for seeing categorical properties as the most fundamental [Mumford]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
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The world is full of messy small things producing stable large-scale properties (e.g. mountains) [Fodor]
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A lead molecule is not leaden, and macroscopic properties need not be microscopically present [Mumford]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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A particle and a coin heads-or-tails pick out to perfectly well-defined predicates and properties [Fodor]
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